Pickard Picks Up Peculiar Shutout in Oilers 4-0 Win Over Penguins

Pickard wound up being fine. His removal from the game was merely cautionary. And, despite Skinner not needing to make a single save, he’ll get partial credit for the shutout. Pickard won’t care and Skinner will likely be bothered by it more than anyone, but a win is a win. They don’t ask how you got them, they just ask how many you got.

Oilers vs. Penguins: More Than Just the Shutout

This was an interesting game. For the Oilers, it was another dominant win over the Penguins, a team they have the number of this season. And, outside of the goaltending storyline, Darnell Nurse also was inches from a natural hat trick in the third period. He scored the Oilers’ final two goals of the game, and with just over a second left in the third, he almost scored again on a nice feed from Connor Brown.

Connor McDavid scored in just over a minute in the first to open the scoring. Mattias Ekholm had a nice one-timer to get on the board and the Oilers wound up 2-1-1 on their road trip. McDavid had three points in the win and has gone 6-11-17 in his last six games played versus the Penguins. The Oilers have won all six games, outscoring Pittsburgh 33-9.